Great St. Martin Church
One of Cologne's twelve great Romanesque churches – its distinctive crossing tower shapes the old-town skyline by the Rhine.
Great St. Martin is one of Cologne's twelve great Romanesque churches and, with its square crossing tower and four corner turrets, one of the most distinctive landmarks of the old town by the Rhine.
Source: Wikipedia · retrieved 2026-06-24
At a glance
- Style: Romanesque (from c. 1150)
- Location: old town, near the Rhine bank and Fischmarkt
- Notable: trefoil east choir, dominant crossing tower
- Today: monastic church of the Fraternité de Jérusalem
From Roman warehouse to monastery church
The three-aisled basilica was built from around 1150 on the foundations of a Roman warehouse and an earlier church. Until secularisation in 1802 it was the abbey church of a Benedictine monastery. Severely destroyed in the Second World War, it was only fully rebuilt and reconsecrated in 1985. Since 2009 it has again served as a monastic church.
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- 🌐 Official website
- Wikidata (retrieved 2026-06-24)
- Wikipedia (retrieved 2026-06-24, rev 266952832)
- Website (retrieved 2026-06-24)
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